1975 Southern Cross Rally

The 1975 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally was the tenth running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 8th and the 12th of October 1975. The event covered 3,367 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.[1] It was won by Andrew Cowan and Fred Gocentas, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer GSR.

1975 Southern Cross Rally
Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
Host countryAustralia Australia
Rally baseSydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run8 – 12 October 1975
Stages48 (1,348.19 km; 837.73 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance3,367.73 km (2,092.61 miles)
Statistics
Crews79 at start, 30 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerUnited Kingdom Andrew Cowan
Australia Fred Gocentas
Australia Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd

Results

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Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Points)
1 4   Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd   Andrew Cowan
  Fred Gocentas
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 189
2 6   Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd   Barry Ferguson
  Lindsay Adcock
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 201
3 3   Gerry Ball Tuning Service   Greg Carr
  Wayne Gregson
Datsun 180B SSS 215
4 8   Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd   Doug Stewart
  John Dawson-Damer
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 277
5 20   De Bortoli's Wines P/L   Bruce Hodgson
  Chris Heaney
Ford Escort RS 1600 Mark I 368
6 30   Subaru Pty Ltd   James Laing-Peach
  Barry Lake
Subaru Leone A22 373
7 21   Takashi Hirabayashi   Takashi Hirabayashi
  Yoshimasa Nakahara
Subaru Leone A22 397
8 32   Bruce Cheesman   Bruce Chessman
  Alan Horsley
Mitsubishi Lancer 405
9 23   Shigeru Kanno   Shigeru Kanno
  Kiyoshi Kawamura
Mitsubishi Lancer 442
10 35   Noriyuki Koseki   Noriyuki Koseki
  Takao Ishii
Subaru Leone A22 440
11 48   Gary Mecak   Gary Mecak
  John Trumpmanis
Mazda RX-3 461
12 49   Susumu Enjitsu   Susumu Enjitsu
  Osamu Nishimura
Mitsubishi Lancer 501
Source:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Dan White. "1975 Route".
  2. ^ Dan White. "1975 - Cowan dominant again".
  3. ^ Dan White. "1975 Entries".